ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s textile sector exports have registered an increase of 5.55 percent during July-August of the current financial year 2026-27 as compared to the same months of last year, according to the Monthly Advance Releases on Foreign Trade Statistics released here on Friday by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
According to PBS data, during the period under review, the country’s textile exports were recorded at USD 3.379 billion against USD 3.202 billion during July-August 2025-26.
The textile commodities that contributed to trade growth included cotton yarn, the export of which increased by 34.80 percent to USD 160.679 million from USD 119.195 million, while knitwear exports surged by 4.79 percent to USD 1.004 billion from USD 958.634 million.
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The other commodities that witnessed trade growth included towels, the export of which rose by 6.74 percent to USD 191.135 million from USD 179.063 million, ready-made garments up by 13.59 percent to USD 827.001 million from USD 728.088 million, made-up articles (excluding towels and bed wear) increased by 6.95 percent to USD 146.032 million from USD 136.540 million, and the export of other textile materials surged by 3.91 percent to USD 133.153 million from USD 128.140 million.
The textile commodities that witnessed negative growth included cotton cloth, the exports of which declined by 7.66 percent, from USD 299.180 million to USD 276.255 million, whereas the export of yarn other than cotton yarn also fell by 31.78 percent from USD 5.938 million to USD 4.051 million.
Likewise, the export of bed wear witnessed a decline as it went down by 0.31 percent from USD 565.322 million to USD 563.545 million, tents, canvas and tarpaulin exports declined by 7.17 percent from USD 16.026 million to USD 14.877 million, and art, silk and synthetic textiles exports recorded a decline of 11.33 percent from USD 66.131 million to USD 58.638 million.
The data further revealed that on a Year-on-Year (YoY) basis, textile exports witnessed growth of 2.77 percent during August 2026 as compared to the same month of last year. Textile exports during August 2026 were recorded at USD 1.565 billion against USD 1.523 billion in August 2025.
On a month-on-month basis, textile exports recorded a decline of 13.68 percent in August 2026, which stood at USD 1.565 billion against USD 1.814 billion in July 2026, the PBS data revealed.
According to PBS data, the total in August 2026 reached USD 2.542 billion (provisional) as compared to USD 2.951 billion in July 2026, showing a reduction of 13.86 percent over July 2026 but an increase of 5.22 percent as compared to USD 2.416 billion in August 2025.
The total exports of the country during July-August 2026 recorded at USD 5.494 billion (provisional) against USD 5.1 billion during the corresponding period of last year, showing an increase of 7.73 percent.
The total imports in August 2026 were USD 5.848 billion (provisional) against USD 6.898 billion in July 2026, reflecting a reduction of 15.22 percent over July 2026 but an increase of 10.59 percent against USD 5.288 billion in August 2025.
Imports during July-August 2026 reached USD 12.745 billion (provisional) as against USD 11.125 billion during the corresponding period of last year, showing an increase of 14.56 percent.
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